Cal Poly: May 2008 Archives

Tsai leads five Cal Poly Pomona on all-CCAA teams

 

POMONA - Senior Jenny Tsai capped her four-year career with Cal Poly Pomona in fine fashion by earning first-team all-California Collegiate Athletic Association honors, the conference announced Wednesday.

            Tsai, an Artesia native, played No. 1 singles for the second consecutive season. She finished her four-year career with three all-CCAA honors. She completed her career with 44-39 record in singles play and 45-33 in doubles.

            "Jenny has played standout tennis during her entire career at Cal Poly Pomona,'' coach Sandy Kriezel said. "She's been a leader for us and she has shown a quiet resolve in everything she does. We're going to miss her next season.''

            The Broncos placed four players on the all-CCAA second team - junior Jessica Winkler (Fullerton), sophomore Mallory Brady (Torrance) and freshmen Jennifer Chow (Diamond Bar) and Kaitlin Wooldridge (Fort Collins, Colo.).

            Winkler played No. 2 singles this past season and played No. 1 doubles (with Tsai) and finished the season at No. 3 doubles with Wooldridge. Winkler and Tsai were 3-4 overall and 4-5 overall with Wooldridge.

            Brady went 11-7 while playing at No. 3 singles. She was the winningest player for the Broncos this season.

            Chow came on strong late in the season. She went 5-4 overall (5-2 at No. 4 singles) and teamed with Tsai at No. 1 doubles (6-6).

            Wooldridge played No. 5 singles and went 6-8 at that spot and 10-10 overall. In addition to her doubles play with Winkler, she and Brady went 4-4 at No. 3 doubles.

            The Broncos finished the season 7-10 overall and earned their 21^st trip to the NCAA Division II postseason. That number is the most of any Bronco athletic program in school history.

 

Senior Jennifer Joy, the most successful women's tennis player in the history of Cal State San Bernardino athletics, has been voted to the all-California Collegiate Athletic Association first team for the fourth straight year.

            Joy, a Palm Desert High School graduate, was an at-large selection on the nine-member first team picked by the CCAA coaches. She also earned first-team honors in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and was the conference MVP in 2006 and its freshman of the year in 2005.

            She posted a 5-3 record in CCAA play at No. 1 singles play in 2008. She split her meetings with Ioana Comsa of Cal State L.A., who was voted the conference MVP, and with Jenny Tsai of Cal Poly Pomona, another first team pick who played No. 1 singles.

            Joy was 11-4 overall in singles play, reaching the quarterfinals of the 108th Ojai Invitational at the end of the season. In doubles, Joy was 6-8 with her partners Leslie Horn and Dottie Elwell.

            She set the all-time tennis program record for singles victories in a career with a 54-12 record and was 26-8 at No. 1 singles in four seasons of CCAA conference play, another career record. Joy and her partners were 30-32 in doubles play in her career at CSUSB.

            Joy is one of only two female athletes to earn first-team all-CCAA honors in all four years at the university, according to athletic records. The other was volleyball middle blocker Kim Morohunfola, a four-time all-American as well from 2000 to 2003.

            The team produced a 5-7 record in 2008 under Head Coach Heather Langley and Assistant Coach John Smeby. CSUSB was 1-7 in conference play but that win was a first-ever 5-4 decision over perennial NCAA power Cal Poly Pomona.

            Comsa also was voted the CCAA's freshman of the year. Newcomer of the year honors went to Kimmie Dao of CCAA champion UC San Diego. Liz LaPlante of UCSD was voted coach of the year. The Tritons have won 48 straight CCAA dual matches.

            ALL-CCAA FIRST TEAM -- Iona Comsa, Fr., (CSULA); Krishana DeSilva, Sr., (CSULA); Kimmi Dao, Fr., (UCSD); Justine Fonte, Sr., (UCSD); Molly Sullens, Sr. (UCSD); Jennifer Avila, Sr., (CSULA); Jennifer Joy, Sr., (CSUSB); Jenny Tsai, Sr., (Cal Poly Pomona); Natalie Varnay, Fr., (UCSD).

            SECOND TEAM -- Dalya Perelman, Fr., (UCSD); Mallory Brady, So., (Cal Poly Pomona); Jennifer Chow, Fr., (Cal Poly Pomona); Kaitlin Wooldridge, Fr., (Cal Poly Pomona); Casey O'Connor, So., (Sonoma St.); Jessica Winkler, Jr., (Cal Poly Pomona).

            MVP -- Ioana Comsa; Freshman of Year -- Comsa; Newcomer of Year -- Kimmie Dao; Coach of Year -- Liz LaPlante.

           

BRONCOS QUALIFY SEVEN FOR NCAAs: When the NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships take place at Mt. San Antonio College on May 22-24, the Cal Poly Pomona men's and women's teams will be represented in fine fashion.

            Seven Broncos have qualified for the meet that Cal Poly Pomona will play host to next week. The men's team will send three student-athletes - seniors Sofiane Meniri (800 meters, Villeurbanne, France) and Joaquin Ortiz (800 meters, Woodland), and sophomore Jonathan Williams (100 meters, Temecula).

            The women's team will send four student-athletes - seniors Claudia Garcia (10,000 meters, Whittier) and Adrienne Schumm (10,000 meters, Chino Hills), junior Jasmine Winn (long jump, Pomona) and sophomore Tokunbo Adeniji (400 meters, Pomona).

            "Reaching the NCAA Championships is a testament to their hard work,'' said first-year Bronco coach Troy Johnson. "Their belief in themselves and their hard work has gotten them to this point.

"To have seven represent our school is an honor for themselves and to our coaching staff. It's a great first year to start off the program.''

            Meniri won the 800 meters in 1:52.22 at the California Collegiate Athletic Association meet held at Cal State Los Angeles on May 2-4. Ortiz arguably is the most improved runner on the men's team this season as he dropped his time more than six seconds from year ago at 1:52.27. Williams (10.53) competed in last year's event in Charlotte, N.C., and looks to earn his first all-America honor.

            For the women, Schumm and Garcia both will race in the 10,000 meters. At last week's Occidental Relays, Schumm established a personal best 36 minutes and 23.54 seconds. She also won the CCAA 10,000. Garcia owns a qualifying time of 36:53.27 - also a personal best.

            Winn, who competed in the long jump at last year's NCAA meet, owned the nation's top mark in the long jump for the early part of the season at 19 feet, 3 ½ inches.

            Tokunbo improved nearly four seconds this season in her event and owns a personal-best 55.49.

 

About Occidental Relays: Junior Tiffany Turner (La Crescenta) established a school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and senior Joaquin Ortiz (Woodland) earned an NCAA Division II provisional mark in the 800 meters as Cal Poly Pomona finished its regular season track and field schedule at the Occidental Relays onMay 10.

            Senior Adrienne Schumm (Chino Hills) also had a standout performance as she improved her time in the 10,000 meters in 36 minutes and 23.54 seconds.

            Turner ran the steeplechase in 11:08.87 seconds, surpassing the mark of 11:18.88 set by Emma Hartel in 2007. Turner's time met NCAA Division II provisional status, but did not meet the standard set Monday.

That Turner established the record at Occidental is noteworthy. She competed in last season's event as an unattached runner in the 5000 while studying at Glendale College and it was her first-ever race in a track and field event.

            Ortiz continued his assault on his event and established a personal-best mark of 1:52.27.

            Schumm's time ranks as the 14th fastest in the country. Teammate Claudia Garcia (senior, Whittier) ran 36:35.27 at Mt. SAC in April and ranks 17th in the country.

            Sophomore David Rhodes (Auburn) established a collegiate best 15-0 3/4 in the pole vault to round out the top Bronco competitors.

 

2008 NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships Advisory:

May 22-24, 2008 • Walnut, Calif.

Hilmer Lodge Stadium

Cal Poly Pomona University • Host institution

When: May 22-24, 2008. First-day events run from 10:30 a.m. to 9:05 p.m. Second-day events run from 10:00 a.m. to 9:25 p.m. Third-day events run from 11:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Where: Walnut, Calif., on the campus of Mt. San Antonio College

Participants: More than 800 participants (including student-athletes, coaches and administrators) from around the country are expected to visit the San Gabriel Valley for the event.

Meet History: The NCAA has been holding a men's championship since 1963 and a women's championship since 1982. This will mark the third time in the event's history that Cal Poly Pomona has played host to the event and the second time in the last five years (1980 and 2004). Both previous events were held at Mt. SAC.

 

POMONA - Cal Poly Pomona baseball coach Mike Ashman has announced that 14 student-athletes have signed letters-of-intent to study and play baseball for the Broncos next season.

 

The group is headlined by Claremont High School RHP Kevin Bosson, who was 5-2 with a 1.99 ERA for the Wolfpack this past spring. His season included a no-hitter against Upland HS and a 15-strikeout performance against Los Osos HS.

 

"This is a sound group of newcomers who we look forward to having in our program,'' Ashman said. "Our staff worked exceptionally hard this offseason and in particular credit should be given to recruiting coordinator Ryan Heil, who since coming on board as a full-time assistant this year has been passionate in his recruiting efforts.''

 

Other Broncos signees include:

 

LHP Matt Dunbar (South Torrance HS)

 

RHP Casey McCarthy (Hart HS)

 

OF Jacob Bews (Del Oro HS)

 

RHP Graham Bills (Riverside Community College)

 

OF Cass Morrison (Carlsbad HS)

 

C Bryan Lucas (Hart HS)

 

OF Jamall Grimes (Long Beach Poly HS)

 

OF Jordan Hinshaw (Long Beach Poly HS)

 

SS Richie McDowell (Ohlone College)

 

SS Erik Reidel (Santa Rosa College)

 

3B Jenzen Torres (Hart HS

 

RHP Alex Bowen (Villa Park HS)

 

2B/RHP Chuck Andrews (Cochise, Ariz., Community College)

WALNUT CREEK -- Ian Bridges and Kris Haycock highlighted a group of 10 Sonoma State players that were honored as all-conference, it was announced by the California Collegiate Athletic Association on Tuesday. Bridges was tabbed the CCAA's Most Valuable Player while Haycock was selected Newcomer of the Year.

Additionally, John Goelz, in his 23rd season at Sonoma State, was named the conference's Coach of the Year after guiding the Seawolves to a 42-12 overall record and the CCAA regular-season title. Cal State Stanislaus senior Marquis Fleming was a unanimous choice as Most Valuable Pitcher of the Year and UC San Diego's Tim Shibuya earned Freshman of the Year accolades.

Bridges batted a conference-leading .412 with five home runs and 39 RBI. The Seawolves' junior first baseman also hit a CCAA-leading .410 in conference play with 27 runs scored, three home runs and 31 RBI.

Haycock, a junior shortstop who transferred to Sonoma State from Fresno City College, batted .346 with four home runs, 25 RBI and stole 16 bases in 17 attempts during CCAA play.  He has an overall batting average of .339 with a team-high 44 runs scored, 20 stolen bases, four home runs and 28 RBI.

Fleming went 11-3 with a 2.21 ERA and seven complete games while striking out 106 batters in 102.0 innings during the regular season. During CCAA play, he posted an 8-1 record, 3.00 ERA, struck out 62 batters in 63.0 innings and tossed four complete games in nine starts while limiting the opposition to a .202 average.

Shibuya turned in an impressive rookie campaign for UC San Diego as he went 7-0 with a 1.99 ERA while making 25 relief appearances. He logged 63.1 innings, struck out 50 and held opponents to a .228 average. In CCAA action, the freshman right-hander posted a 5-0 mark and 2.03 ERA in 19 appearances.

Goelz garnered Coach of the Year honors for the second consecutive season and seventh time in his career. During the 2008 campaign, Sonoma State was ranked as high as No. 2 in the country and produced a school-record 23-game winning streak.

2008 All-CCAA Baseball Team

FIRST TEAM
Name	School	POS	YR	Hometown
Konrad Thieme	SSU	C	Sr.	Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Ian Bridges	SSU	1B	Jr.	Valencia, Calif.
Garrett Imeson	UCSD	2B	Jr.	Stockton, Calif.
Bret Ringer	CSUC	3B	Jr.	Stockton, Calif.
Cody Puckett	CSUDH	SS	Jr.	Apple Valley, Calif.
Kyle Loretelli	CSUS	OF	Jr.	Modesto, Calif.
Dave Herman	SSU	INF	Sr.	San Francisco, Calif.
John Haas	CSUSB	OF	Jr.	Hesperia, Calif.
Evan Kehoe	UCSD	OF	Fr.	San Diego, Calif.
Tyler Warmerdam	CSULA	OF	Sr.	Lodi, Calif.
Josh Meagher	CSUC	DH	Jr.	Santa Maria, Calif.
Marquis Fleming	CSUS	SP	Sr.	Oakland, Calif.
Matt Means	SSU	SP	Sr.	Mountain View, Calif.
Bret Montgomery	CSUDH	SP	So.	Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Isaac Morales	CSULA	SP	Jr.	South Gate, Calif.
Keith Noe	UCSD	RP	Sr.	Vista, Calif.
SECOND TEAM
Name	School	POS	YR	Hometown
Cody Dee	CSUC	C	So.	Moorpark, Calif.
Jason Klug	CSUSB	1B	Sr.	Moreno Valley, Calif.
David Adler	SSU	2B	Sr.	Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Drew Valenzuela	CSUSB	3B	Sr.	Riverside, Calif.
Kris Haycock	SSU	SS	Jr.	Tehachapi, Calif.
Vance Albitz	UCSD	INF	So.	Torrance, Calif.
A.J. Cavaletto	CPP	OF	Sr.	Santa Barbara, Calif.
Nick Nosti	SSU	OF	Sr.	Marin, Calif.
Mark Pestorich	SSU	OF	Jr.	Easton, Calif.
Kevin Pillar	CSUDH	OF	Fr.	West Hills, Calif.
Matt Cantele	UCSD	DH	Jr.	Los Altos Hills, Calif.
Kevin Asselin	SSU	SP	Sr.	Redwood City, Calif.
Eric Federico	CSUS	SP	Jr.	Stockton, Calif.
Mike Robbins	CSUC	SP	Jr.	Sylmar, Calif.
Kirby St. John	UCSD	SP	So.	Santa Cruz, Calif.
Andrew DeMott	CSUS	RP	Sr.	Atwater, Calif.

          
HONORABLE MENTION: C: Matt Kavanaugh (Sr., SFSU); 1B: Jon Alia (Jr., CSUDH); 2B: Bobby Carini (Jr., SFSU); 3B: Jake Oketani (Jr., CSUC); SS: Darrick Hale (Sr., CSULA); INF: Brent Planck (So, CSUSB); OF: Jimmy Dodos (Jr., CSUC), Shane Farmer (Sr., CSUC), Kenny Shanahan (Fr., CSULA), Dennis Wolfe (Sr., CSUS); SP: Cheyene Hann (Sr., CSUSB), Pete Mickartz (Fr., CSUC), Gary Moran (Jr., SSU), Andrew Pluta (Jr., CSUC); RP: Tim Shibuya (Fr., UCSD).

Most Valuable Player: Ian Bridges (Sonoma State)

Most Valuable Pitcher of the Year: Marquis Fleming (Cal State Stanislaus)

Freshman of the Year: Tim Shibuya (UC San Diego)

Newcomer of the Year: Kris Haycock (Sonoma State)

Coach of the Year: John Goelz (Sonoma State)